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Software liability law could divide open source
News European Commission-proposed software protection law may benefit open source vendors, but push smaller independent developers into a corner.
Tags: Open source, Software engineering/development, Legal, Software, Ovum, Open-source Software, David Mitchell, European Union, Hardware, consumer protection
APAC CIOs wary of social networking
News Adoption of collaboration tools will grow, in spite of recent survey that found nine-in-10 Asia-Pacific IT heads had no plans to roll out Web 2.0 tools soon, says analyst.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web services, Web logs, Asia-Pacific, Tool, social networking tool, CIO, collaboration tool, social networking, unified communications
Philippine Senate approves e-polls budget
News Once formally approved by President Gloria Arroyo, US$231.7 million will be set aside to support country's first fully-automated elections in 2010.
Tags: Local Government, Politics, Election, Supplier, Philippines, Procurement, U.S. Senate, violence, chairman, U.S. Congress
GraphOn files patent suit against Google
News The suit alleges that Google's Base, AdWords, Blogger, Sites, and YouTube services infringe on database-related patents.
Tags: Legal, Lawsuits, Patents, GraphOn, Google Inc., Database, software company, software, network, CareerBuilder
Conficker time bomb ticks, but don't expect fireworks
News Worm's latest variant is set to start hitting random domains on April 1. But security experts say the damage might not be as serious as the hype suggests.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Microsoft Corp., Security, Worm, Domain, USB Flash Drive, Storage, removable storage, computer, Conficker
Microsoft taps InterActiveCorp exec to head MSN
News Former Ask Jeeves CEO Steve Berkowitz will head Microsoft's MSN and Windows Live efforts.
Tags: Software, Web services
Nokia faces US$232M bill after patent defeat
News A U.S. court has ruled that Nokia must settle a massive bill over technology used in its handsets.
Tags: Legal, Lawsuits, Patents
Ask Jeeves debuts new sponsored ad system
News Search company announces bidding program designed to let advertisers buy, manage ad space on Ask.com, other sites.
Tags: Personal applications, Internet advertising
Yahoo, Miva settle pay-per-click patent suit
News Settlement follows licensing by Google, others in the lucrative keyword search ad market.
Tags: Search, Legal, Patents, Advertising
Coming soon to YouTube: Sun product videos
News In a sequel to employee blogs, Sun Microsystems urges employees to publish videos promoting the company's wares.
Net governance concern wider industry, observers say
News Call for other stakeholders to play an active role in charting the growth of the Internet.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, IT Governance
MSN home page gets a makeover
News The Microsoft unit unveils a new look for its home page, touted to be "faster and simpler", in a bid to make inroads into the lucrative search engine market.
Tags: Web sites
Ask.com testing new search interface
News Ask.com quietly began testing a new search interface this week in a bid to highlight its technology and take on titan Google anew.
Tags: Web sites, Software engineering/development
Yahoo's new appeal to women
News The Internet giant hopes to attract more women with a new content site that will incorporate user home pages and blogs.
Tags: Web sites
Court dismisses M'sian blogger's plea
News Malaysian blogger Ahirudin Attan fails to get the court to strike out an amended defamation suit against him by New Straits Times Press.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Web logs, Legal
